Sc. Obs. [MAIL sb.2] A rent charged upon a piece of water.

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1455.  Sc. Acts Jas. II. (1814), II. 42/2. Þe lordschippe of Abernethy with þe watter malys of Inuerness.

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1488.  Reg. Mag. Sig. Scot., 381/1. Dicto duci hereditarie pertinentem de magnis custumis et aquarum firmis nuncupatis le Water Malez burgi de Aberdene.

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1500.  Exch. Rolls Scot., XI. 266, note. The yerlie pensioun gevin to hir of the custumez and water malis of oure said burrowis.

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c. 1550.  Registr. Abordon. (Maitland Club), II. 212. [Dedit] xx s. de custumis Abirdonensibus videlicet de ly vatir malis.

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